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A beer fortified with all the B vitamins, an electric meter that uses a prepaid phone card and a cough-easing lollipop made of lagundi leaves dubbed "Lolligundi" were among 99 local inventions showcased yesterday at the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) in Pasay City during the celebration of National Inventors Week (NIW).


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Credited for the development of this lumber is Noel V. Biera, a civil engineer and currently an instructor at the College of Engineering, Jose Rizal Memorial State College, Dapitan City.


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Invention converts used cooking oil into bio-fuel

By Evelyn Macairan | December 1, 2011 - 12:00am

An invention converting used cooking oil into quality bio-fuel for internal combustion engines and other industrial applications topped a recent invention contest in the Southern Mindanao.

Science and Environment

Mapua grads develop low-cost aircraft for search and rescue

By Ghio Ong | December 8, 2008 - 12:00am

A group of engineering graduates from the Mapua Institute of Technology has developed a low-cost aircraft that can be used for search and rescue operations in times of disaster.

Vitamin-fortified beer, lagundi lollipop, anyone?

By Ghio Ong | November 14, 2006 - 12:00am

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but Filipino inventors know how to bring fun into the process. A beer fortified with all the B vitamins, an electric meter that uses a prepaid phone card and a cough-easing...

Headlines

Lumber not from tree developed

January 9, 2005 - 12:00am

Now, you can have lumber without cutting a tree. The product has been called "palwood", which means palwa wood. Palwa is the native word for coconut frond or midrib, from which palwood is made. Credited...

Agriculture

Technology for treating abaca fiber developed

August 10, 2003 - 12:00am

A technology that combines mechanical and chemical treatments of abaca fibers to make the strands suitable for cotton spinning has been developed. The technology was generated by researchers of the Philippine Textile...

Agriculture